Wondrous Love [Em]

X: 1
T: Wondrous Love    [Em]
C: music: 1701 or earlier
C: words: 1811 songbook
B: "A General Selection of the Newest and Most Admired Hymns and Spiritual Songs Now in Use" 1811
N: Melody and words combined by James Christopher ca. 1840 in "The Southern Harmony".
N: The melody is a variant of the Ballad of Captain Kidd.
M: C
L: 1/4
K: Edor
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z2 E2 | "Em"ED "D"FA | "G"B2 AF | "Am"E2 ED | "Bm"F2 B2 | "G"dc "A"BA | "Bm"B2 AF |
w: What won-drous love is this, O my soul, O my soul! What won-drous love is this O my
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"Em"E4 | z2 A2  | "G"BA Bd | "Em"e2 e2 | "G"dB B/A/F | "Em"E2 E2 | "Em"ED "D"FA |
w: soul?  What won-drous love is this that caused the Lord* of bliss to bear the dread-ful
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"G"B2AF | "Am"E2 ED | "Bm"F2 B2 | "G"dc "A"BA | "Bm"B2 AF | "Em"E4 |] z4 |]
w: curse for my soul, for my soul, to bear the dread-ful curse for my soul.

Alternative sources for this tune:

• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/xmas/Wondrous_Love/0002
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/xmas/Wondrous_Love/Wondrous_Love-Em-20-4w/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/xmas/Wondrous_Love/Wondrous_Love-Em-21-4w/0000
• trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/xmas/song/Wondrous_Love-Em-21-4w/0000

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